Costacopluma bishopi Vega and Feldmann 1992 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae

Belongs to Costacopluma according to J. Luque et al. 2017

See also Fraaije et al. 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Costacopluma australis, Costacopluma bifida, Costacopluma binodosa, Costacopluma concava, Costacopluma grayi, Costacopluma maroccana, Costacopluma mexicana, Costacopluma nordestina, Costacopluma salamanca, Costacopluma senegalensis, Costacopluma squiresi, Costacopluma texana

Type specimen: Its type locality is IGM-2448, Temalac, which is in a Maastrichtian marine siltstone in the Mexcala Formation of Mexico

Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mexico (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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